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Boost for youth heritage thanks to £7million government investment 31/01/2020 The National Lottery Heritage Fund is to distribute an extra £1.27m funding to its Kick the Dust programme, aimed at helping to involve young people in heritage. The additional …

Public help solve mystery of 2000-year-old warrior 24/01/2020 An Iron Age warrior found buried on a housing estate has gone on public display in Chichester thanks to National Lottery players. The warrior's grave, which was discovered in North Bersted, is …

World's oldest known underground carriage to be restored 07/10/2011 The project will mark the 150th anniversary of London’s Underground – the oldest metro system in the world – and enable London Transport Museum to restore the carriage to full working …

Historic aircraft unveiled 23/09/2011 A special event took place today to mark the climax of a two-year project to return the historic Canberra PR9 aircraft to Belfast where it was built by Shorts in 1959 and served with the RAF until 2006. The Canberra, …

From castles to composers: Heritage Lottery Fund invests £10.2m into four heritage projects 25/07/2011 These are: restoring Belfast’s SS Nomadic, famed for its Titanic link; imaginative plans for the ‘Red House’ to mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten; …

Dudley Zoo gets go ahead for £1.15m Tecton restoration 04/07/2011 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded development funding of just over £123,000 for the three year project. The first-round pass* means that DZG have up to two years to submit more …

New funding for Aberystwyth's Old College 14/01/2020 The iconic Old College is set to secure its future as a centre for culture, heritage, discovery, learning and enterprise, hoping to attract 190,000 visitors every year. One of Wales’ outstanding Grade I …

Major Autumn lottery boost confirmed for Telford Town Park 01/10/2010 The scheme for the popular 150-hectare Telford Town Park (created in the 1970s at the centre of the ‘new town’) will focus on making the park welcoming for visitors and improving …

Volunteers wanted for nature reserve re-vamp 01/09/2010 The three-year project will enable the Hodge Lane Conservation Group to build on work undertaken by volunteers during the past six years to restore and protect the various habitats to be found in the …